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Wednesday, May 18 View Page How my garden started the year   Wednesday, May 18 View Page Hated the raised beds and since we sold our other house lost my big garden and me and my daughter have so much fun so money well spent now if i only had the awesome soil i have at the other place   Wednesday, May 18 View Page Good thing shes a hard worker   Wednesday, May 18 View Page Hopefully we went down deep enough im second guessing if we did or not   Wednesday, May 18 View Page I wish i had not hauled in straight black dirt its gonna take a while to get this corrected anyone have any suggestions?   Sunday, May 22 View Page Planted on 5-22-16   Monday, June 13 View Page The ones in the yard went into the ground on 6-13-16 getting a late start but all in good fun   Monday, June 27 View Page The garden i got a few pumpkin plants in there also which is probably not proper with everything else that is in there including 30 tomatoe plants 30 pepper plants 5 pumpkin plants a few hills of zuchini cucumbers and 3 or 4 hills of melons and added another cantelop some where in there and up on the hill with a row of beans along the fence . The dirt was just hauled in about a month ago as never had a garden here before but cant wait for this one to take off!!   Tuesday, June 28 View Page Just popped through 2 days ago soaked and planted on the 21st of june   Wednesday, June 29 View Page Got it in the ground today super excited to see how big she grows   Wednesday, June 29 View Page A few other of my plants looks like there about ready to start vining gave them a foliar feeding this evening 2 times per week they get that is that enough??? Without burning them up?   Wednesday, June 29 View Page Some of my other plants been trying to get it all mulched in with clippings and have 200 ft of soaker hoses around the plants throughout the garden   Wednesday, June 29 View Page All tucked into its new home   Monday, July 4 View Page Someone spun another leaf!! hopefully this will take off soon and really go to town   Monday, July 4 View Page Starting to vine on my one of my other plants i have a few plants that are at that point of starting to vine i wish i would have got them in the ground earlier and got started but .............Next year without a doubt well get going on time   Monday, July 4 View Page This one the vine and stalk looks gr8 and is pretty big   Tuesday, July 5 View Page Big storms protected the plants that i could as we were expecting large hail 70-90 mph winds and a large amount of rain   Tuesday, July 5 View Page Storm hit us a little bit but not as bad as they made it sound will asses the damages in the morning on the plants i was unable to protect but only hailed for about 2 min and the winds were no where near what they projected maybe 10-30 tops and minimal rain   Thursday, July 7 View Page Plants are looking good starting to vine this one is the biggest hopefully vine will stretch to 6-10 feet fast here and get a fruit set and pollinated with in the next 2 weeks im hoping   Thursday, July 7 View Page My special plant is getting bigger hopefully it takes off here pretty quick here   Saturday, July 9 View Page Cruising along my special plant   Saturday, July 9 View Page removed some of the grass in a line for the vine to follow wife wasnt happy but oh well need a bigger garden   Monday, July 11 View Page mathison 2032 spinning off some leafs hopefully starts vining soon   Monday, July 11 View Page My daughters favorite plant which is the biggest of the ones planted in the grass   Monday, July 11 View Page She thinks this one is a disappointment   Monday, July 11 View Page She thought it was neat when i told her we where gonna feed the plants some fish tonight   Monday, July 11 View Page Tomatoe plants are getting huge   Monday, July 11 View Page Think to many plants in to small of space this could be a problem think the wife will let me till up the hole yard???   Monday, July 11 View Page Gardens remaining to wet and muddy need to get this corrected   Monday, July 11 View Page Need to find some time or a way to keep the weeds out of my pepper plants there slowing them down   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Plants are really starting to take off did a little day watering yesterday and today with the heat here and that seems to make a big difference as plants look great never had watered them during the day before   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Another one of my plants i should really put numbers by them so can track progress   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Spent some time weeding today in the garden really need to get some more clipping or something to keep the weeds down   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Leaves are green and huge looking good this vine grew a foot last night at least i left the soaker hose on a slow slow trickle on a few plants all night and it seemed to help a great deal i think   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Pepper plants are looking great   Wednesday, July 13 View Page The plant at the top of the hill in my garden is by far the biggest and looks like its about to go crazy gonna try to get something set on this one this week as well as the others ones setting up nicely   Thursday, July 14 View Page Got this pollinated today really close to stump on this small plant but figure i better get something set here and will try to set another down the road here   Thursday, July 14 View Page Got this pollinated today really close to stump on this small plant but figure i better get something set here and will try to set another down the road here   Thursday, July 14 View Page Not sure whats dragging this 2032 down just seems to be moving really slow   Monday, July 18 View Page 2 Dap think this is a ghost pumpkin   Monday, July 18 View Page did another deed today on the ghost plant a few feet further down the vine in a much better spot i think well see i wonder what would happen if i pollinated a dills atlantic with a ghost pumpkin ??   Monday, July 18 View Page did another deed today on the ghost plant a few feet further down the vine in a much better spot i think well see i wonder what would happen if i pollinated a dills atlantic with a ghost pumpkin ??   Monday, July 18 View Page Still spinning leafs 2032 hopefully she gets going soon here will self polinate and have an abundance of seeds for next year   Monday, July 18 View Page The plant in my yard thats been getting the most attention and it shows i think the vine is about 9 ft long i should really measure it its got 4 side vines that are about 2 ft long buried the vines on them tonight and extended the trench but theres a pumpkin about 8 foot down im gonna start spinning the main and try to get one set on this plant this week it should be ready im thinking   Monday, July 18 View Page This is just gonna be a mess at the end of the season will be getting some more work done in the yard pushing the garden up to the fence and maybe make it a tier up there and turn that into a pumpkin spot???   Monday, July 18 View Page This is just gonna be a mess at the end of the season will be getting some more work done in the yard pushing the garden up to the fence and maybe make it a tier up there and turn that into a pumpkin spot???   Monday, July 18 View Page think i missed this one this morning will try tomorrow morning to catch it if kids allow should be a great week to get alot of pumpkins pollinated on most of the plants this week   Monday, July 18 View Page Side vines on the plant in the yard i spend alot of time with this plant looking good   Wednesday, July 20 View Page Warm one today and tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer gonna have to keep the plants well watered the next few days 110-120 heat index   Wednesday, July 20 View Page Got to be getting close on this 2032 to laying down and running   Wednesday, July 20 View Page This Vine measured at 6 1/2 feet and the plant behind was 13 feet not to shabby surprised me as this is the first time i measured them i been spending alot more energy into the 13 footer   Wednesday, July 20 View Page Picked this up today as the guy at the store said it would help what i was trying to accomplish and be good to give the plant a boost so hope hes right added some tonight and watered in   Thursday, July 21 View Page I think its about ready to lay down and take off been super hot here last couple days and another warm one tomorrow heat index 110-120   Thursday, July 21 View Page Is this the vine inside?   Thursday, July 21 View Page Had 60-80 mph winds last night my chair blew on to one of my plants snapped a few leafs hopefully itll be ok??   Thursday, July 21 View Page Plants looking pretty good looks like the vine added about 15 inches over night after giving it some phosphorus the day before   Thursday, July 21 View Page Plants looking pretty good looks like the vine added about 15 inches over night after giving it some phosphorus the day before   Thursday, July 21 View Page Plants looking pretty good looks like the vine added about 15 inches over night after giving it some phosphorus the day before   Thursday, July 21 View Page 2 or 3 dap i believe on this one polinated so many pumpkins this week the race is on!!   Thursday, July 21 View Page Have several kins polinated in the garden as well will need to thin down to one per plant my nieces and nephews are gonna be so excited to each have a large pumpkin   Thursday, July 21 View Page 7 Dap looks like its adding pumpkin is turning from green to yellow it seems i believe this is a gigantic ghost pumpkin variety or a gigantic lumina set another one on the same plant about 2 feet further down the main vine thats in a better spot i feel like will have to make a decision in a week or 2   Saturday, July 23 View Page The vines are racing up the hill each section of fencing is 10 ft except the last section is about 7 ft   Saturday, July 23 View Page With nearly 3 inches of rain today caused some problems ended up digging a few holes to store the water in till it could drain need to add a ton of organic matter to my soil in the off season get my soil right so it drains   Saturday, July 23 View Page Almost there hope to get a kin set on this one early next week i think   Saturday, July 23 View Page Plants are looking good i think   Saturday, July 23 View Page Plants are looking good i think   Saturday, July 23 View Page I have many kins set on many plants only a couple plants left to get one set on will be happy if can hit 400 or 500 pds this year   Saturday, July 23 View Page This ones been in the ground since Jun 29 i think not looking to bad??   Saturday, July 23 View Page Stopped by a buddys neighbors house to see how his plant was looking it looks like a mess but hes got many kins set but hasnt thinned it out yet down to one but last year i believe his pumpkin was 600 or so pds trying to give him some competition this year   Saturday, July 23 View Page Not sure why the vine turned yellow were i pulled of the tap root and leaf and cut a secondary that was starting to form here to give way for the pumpkin im hoping to get set this next week as i dont have one set on this plant   Sunday, July 24 View Page Added a board this is 8 dap on a gigantic ghost pumpkin variety   Sunday, July 24 View Page This thing just seems to be stuck looks been in the ground for 26 days now and was germinated on the 21st of june gonna have to set one early on the vine as soon as get a chance is 2032 seed   Sunday, July 24 View Page Another picture of the 2032 just waiting for it to lay down and start vining   Sunday, July 24 View Page Adding a few more side vines should get one set on this one in the next few days at about 15 ft i believe   Sunday, July 24 View Page Side view of yard plant #2   Sunday, July 24 View Page Noticed this not sure what to do on Yard plant #1   Sunday, July 24 View Page Yard plant #3 looking good   Sunday, July 24 View Page Yard #3 kin 3 dap   Monday, July 25 View Page Plants are growing out of the garden now and pretty fast it seems here only problem is my secondaries are gonna run into my neighbors yard through the fence which could be a problem got a couple pumpkins set on them will have to thin down here soon maybe one more week   Monday, July 25 View Page Finally drying out from all the rain we had the last week over 3 inches of rain on saturday made for a slow growing time   Monday, July 25 View Page MY yard plants growing nicely as well should be finally getting a kin set on yard #2 tomorrow i tied off the flower and will self polinate it in the am   Monday, July 25 View Page Will polinate this tomorrow morning about 15 ft out on the main vine   Monday, July 25 View Page She insisted she be in the pircture with her plant but i think she just wanted to run threw the sprinkler a little   Monday, July 25 View Page Gave all the plants in the yard a dose of nitrogen tonight   Monday, July 25 View Page The real objective this year is gonna be to grow something big enough to house all 3 of them 1 year older   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Yard plant #2 got some serious action today polinated the first one on this plant today about 15 feet out secondaries are running nicely longest about 6 feet or so its by far my largest plant so far but the others are gaining   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Main vine has added a couple more feet over last couple days   Wednesday, July 27 View Page She wanted a picture with her plant but wouldnt smile for me today   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Yard plant #1 i think this was polinated 6 days ago   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Took a nice batch of peppers and tomatoes from the garden today   Wednesday, July 27 View Page growing into a circle   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Yard plant #4 is really starting to take off the main vine and secondaries have all added a few feet in the last 2 days looking good   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Yard plant #3 2032 has yet to lay down but hasnt even been in the ground for a month yet so....... hopefully it gets going and can get a kin set soon   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Yard plant #3 2032 has yet to lay down but hasnt even been in the ground for a month yet so....... hopefully it gets going and can get a kin set soon   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Closer pic of the vine on Yard #3 2032 everything look normal??   Wednesday, July 27 View Page My garden plant 11 dap   Wednesday, July 27 View Page The mains from the garden are nearing 25 plus feet on some of the of the plants there running out of room   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Look great   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Look great   Thursday, July 28 View Page Disappointing day didnt make it home in time from work to get any new photos will have to take more tomorrow trying to find some sticks to write on to put net to each pumpkin date good thing i can come back through my diary and check which day what was pollinated   Saturday, July 30 View Page Vine starting to get going finally time to catch up   Saturday, July 30 View Page 2032 Leaves are nothing like my atlantic giants seeds from the store this plant the stalk is way thicker interesting wish i would have gotten it in the ground sooner so its been in the ground 31 days now   Saturday, July 30 View Page 2032 Leaves are nothing like my atlantic giants seeds from the store this plant the stalk is way thicker interesting wish i would have gotten it in the ground sooner so its been in the ground 31 days now   Sunday, July 31 View Page Yard #2 is really taking off shooting side vines like crazy here and adding some inches hopefullly that will equate to a big pumpkin   Sunday, July 31 View Page Yard #3 really looking good   Sunday, July 31 View Page Slowly but surely gained some more inches on the main the leaves are huge in comparison to my other atlantic giant plants   Sunday, July 31 View Page Note to self its alot of extra work to mow around these but all in good fun i think my neighbors think im nuts   Sunday, July 31 View Page I really do love to keep my yard nice   Monday, August 1 View Page A few problems in the garden i presume this is just sun burn from watering during the day the patch gets direct sone just about all of the day   Monday, August 1 View Page A few problems in the garden i presume this is just sun burn from watering during the day the patch gets direct sone just about all of the day   Monday, August 1 View Page Found this one chugging along today it bolted over night it seems adding some serious weight   Monday, August 1 View Page Found this one chugging along today it bolted over night it seems adding some serious weight   Monday, August 1 View Page Need to start culling some stuff out the gardens such a mess cant telll which plant is which   Monday, August 1 View Page Yard kins seem to moving slow will get out of the house on wednesday and get some feed for them   Monday, August 1 View Page Its on the move hopefully shell run some feet here this week and will get some thing set very soon excited it finally laid down   Monday, August 1 View Page Looks good i think?   Monday, August 1 View Page She always loves a picture with her plant unfortunately tried pollinating one last week but to hot didnt take but there was another one down the vine that guy polinated by the bees so will just roll with it theres one more about 2 foot further down the vine should open tomorrow will try to polinate it   Monday, August 1 View Page This thing has slowed way down since the SVB disappointing   Monday, August 1 View Page 2009 getting going   Monday, August 1 View Page 2009 getting going   Monday, August 1 View Page Yard #1 and 2 looking good   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Anyone know what this is ?? Please email me at pandccleaningllc@gmail.com or chat   Tuesday, August 2 View Page another pic its been super hot and humid here   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Having some other problems in the garden as well any idea what this is?   Tuesday, August 2 View Page vine borers there was something white moving upon removing the stump blahhhhhh   Tuesday, August 2 View Page removed a pile of stuff   Tuesday, August 2 View Page got some cleaned up but think i got more problems   Tuesday, August 2 View Page this probably isnt good?? i assume theres vine borers in there also??   Tuesday, August 2 View Page and this one also??   Wednesday, August 3 View Page yard #4   Saturday, August 6 View Page Yard #4   Saturday, August 6 View Page Removed a bunch of stuff from the garden in the last week   Sunday, August 7 View Page yard #4   Tuesday, August 9 View Page Wonder if i should bury these stumps that the SVB got into   Wednesday, August 10 View Page 2009 just getting going have a kin just waiting to get set about 6 feet out hopefully next week   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Yard #1 and 2 hopefuly they ready fro the 3-5 inches of rain expected tonight in 2-3 hour time gonna be some flooding   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Yard #4 still got some leaf problems on this plant but think i got all the SVB taken care of i hope   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Not sure what is causing this everyday i remove them and more appear grrrrrrr   Wednesday, August 10 View Page one of the biggest kins in the garden about the size of a beachball   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Another view   Wednesday, August 10 View Page This is the biggest in the garden if the svb wouldnt have slowed it down about 10 days ago this thing would be alot bigger i believe   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Not sure what is causing this plant to throw males off like crazy   Wednesday, August 10 View Page This pic   Friday, August 12 View Page Shes pretty impressed with how big this plant is getting   Friday, August 12 View Page A couple of the kins in the garden getting bigger   Friday, August 12 View Page Yard #1   Sunday, August 14 View Page 2009 taking off looks nothing like my other atlantic giant plants leaves seem to be 3x the size polinated 1 nice 4 lobe about 7 ft out this morning should be polinating another with in the week i believe   Sunday, August 14 View Page Dug a couple more squash vine borers out of yard #1 today these things are annoying grrrrrrrrrrrr the damage is pretty bad not sure but i think i should probably just cut the vine at the stump and plant if thats how it works or......... Just let it keep going   Sunday, August 14 View Page Cant seem to get this powdery mildew under control not sure if i should just pull all the plants in the garden and call it a day   Sunday, August 14 View Page Got a few guys adding weight in the garden   Sunday, August 14 View Page Got a few guys adding weight in the garden   Sunday, August 14 View Page This thing is getting big in kinda a bad spot but such is life   Sunday, August 14 View Page Yard #4 has seen better days the SQb did a number on this one also   Tuesday, August 16 View Page Yard #2 Just growing a few on this plant for the kids to have fun with   Tuesday, August 16 View Page The garden on the 16th   Monday, August 22 View Page Did some cleaning up in the garden today between the pm and the SVB pulled a few plants still got to on the vine in the garden but they wont do much   Monday, August 22 View Page Screwed my 2009 up yesterday was moving around and forgot i staked a foot off the growing tip on the main and snapped it such is life   Monday, August 22 View Page Got one set on the 2009 yesterday as the other didnt take Well see what she can do way late in the year but such is life its about 10 ft out on the main   Monday, August 22 View Page Growing bigger Yard #2   Monday, August 22 View Page Forgot about this one as its hidden in my tomatoes in the garden actually have 3   Monday, August 22 View Page Yard #4 done in by the SVB i would say will try to leave it on the vine as long as can though so it will keep till halloween On the bright side its a bright orange   Monday, August 22 View Page Yard #1   Monday, August 22 View Page Yard #1 and 2 still looking good